Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

The comet, discovered in July 2025, originated far beyond our Solar System and is thought to be around 7 billion years old - ...

• Away from home: Use a VPN such as NordVPN to watch your usual service from anywhere After the success of TV shows such as "Planets" and "Adventures in Space and Time", Brian Cox is back with a new ...

New calculations reported by Live Science indicate Jupiter was once much larger and is still contracting as it cools, offering constraints on early solar system conditions.

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new ...

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of ...

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